Who We AreLeadership & Organization Senior Leadership
Lurie Children's Senior Leadership
Thomas P. Shanley, MD
President & Chief Executive Officer
Derek Wheeler, MD
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Lisa Dykstra
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Susan Hayes Gordon
Senior Vice President & Chief External Affairs Officer
Kary McIlwain
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing & Communications Officer,
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation
Alex P. Miller
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Brian Stahulak, DNP
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Santhanam Suresh, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President & Chief of Provider Integration
Audrey Williams-Lee
Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer
Fatema Zanzi, Esq.
Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
Krista Tartoni
Vice President of Strategy Execution and Chief of Staff
Mary Kate Daly
Senior Vice President and Chief of Community Health Partnerships and Transformation
Brenda Davis
Vice President of Budget & Planning
Ken Gray
Vice President of Medical Services
Adeola Oduwole, MSc
Vice President & Chief of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Grant Stirling, PhD
President & Chief Development Officer
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation
Patrick Seed, MD, PhD
President & Chief Research Officer
Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute
Brenda Paulsen, MEd, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute
Max Siegel
Chief Compliance and Integrity Officer
Debbie Grisko, RN
President & Executive Director
Almost Home Kids
Department Chairs
Olutoyin A. Olutoye, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatric Anesthesia
Estella Alonso
Interim Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Elizabeth J. Perlman, MD
Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Surgery
Cynthia K. Rigsby, MD
Chair, Department of Medical Imaging
John T. Walkup, MD
Chair, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health